diff --git a/sysutils/bareos-server/files/patch-core-src-dird_catreq.cc b/sysutils/bareos-server/files/patch-core-src-dird_catreq.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e16e259a9ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/bareos-server/files/patch-core-src-dird_catreq.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- core/src/dird/catreq.cc	2022-01-21 09:00:16.883799000 -0500
++++ core/src/dird/catreq.cc	2022-01-21 09:02:08.619060000 -0500
+@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
+   bool retval = false;
+   int32_t pktsiz;
+   size_t nbytes;
+-  ssize_t size = 0;
++//  ssize_t size = 0;
+   int32_t message_length; /* message length */
+   int spool_fd = -1;
+   POOLMEM* msg = GetPoolMemory(PM_MESSAGE);
+@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
+ 
+   while ((nbytes = read(spool_fd, (char*)&pktsiz, sizeof(int32_t)))
+          == sizeof(int32_t)) {
+-    size += sizeof(int32_t);
++    //size += sizeof(int32_t);
+     message_length = ntohl(pktsiz);
+ 
+     if (message_length > 0) {
+@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@
+         goto bail_out;
+       }
+       msg[nbytes] = '\0';
+-      size += nbytes;
++      //size += nbytes;
+     }
+ 
+     if (!jcr->IsJobCanceled()) {